Livvi
Livvin kieli
Livvi is a Uralic language spoken in Russia and Finland, by about 30.8 thousand people. Glottolog rates it shifting.
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Livvi-Karelian (Alternate names: Liygi, Livvi, Livvikovian, Olonets, Southern Olonetsian, Karelian; Russian: ливвиковское наречие, romanized: livvikovskoye narechiye) is a supradialect of Karelian, which is a Finnic language of the Uralic family, spoken by Olonets Karelians (self-appellation livvi, livgilaizet), traditionally inhabiting the area between Ladoga and Onega lakes, northward of Svir River. The name "Olonets Karelians" is derived from the territory inhabited, Olonets Krai, named after the town of Olonets, named after the Olonka River.
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Words in Livvi
| Meaning | Word | Romanization |
|---|---|---|
| eye | silmy | |
| water | vezi | |
| rain | vihmu | |
| river | jogi | |
| cow | lehmy | |
| one | yksi | |
| I | minä | |
| potato | kartohku |
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Vocabulary
Vocabulary compares 40 basic words (ASJP); grammar compares 195 features (Grambank). Similar is not always related.
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